Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) confirmed that the hot air phenomenon that hit Indonesia in the last few days was not a heat wave or heatwave.
“If we look at the characteristics of the phenomenon, as well as the statistical indicators, our temperature observations do not fall into the category heatwavebecause it does not meet the requirements for a heat wave,” said BMKG Deputy Meteorologist Guswanto in Jakarta, Thursday.
He explained that referring to BMKG meteorological recapitulation data for the last 24 hours, the temperature in most parts of Indonesia had increased by five degrees above the daily maximum average temperature, and had lasted for more than five days.
The increase in temperature was observed starting from Jayapura, Papua (35.6 Celsius), Surabaya, East Java (35.4 Celsius), Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan (35.3 Celsius), Pekanbaru-Melawi, West Kalimantan-Sabang, Aceh and DKI Jakarta (34.4 Celsius).
However, he stated that the increase in temperature was not the same as what was experienced by a number of other Asian countries such as Myanmar, Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China.
Temperatures in several countries reached a maximum point of 41.9 Celsius – 44.6 Celsius based on the institute’s temperature recapitulation report. Global Deterministic Prediction Sistem, Environment and Climate Chage Canada the last few days. A number of cities in neighboring countries such as Malaysia (34.7 – 34.3 degrees Celsius) and the Philippines (39.6 – 36.5 degrees Celsius) also experienced similar things.
“Characteristically, the daily sweltering temperatures that occur in Indonesia are a phenomenon resulting from the apparent movement of the sun,” he said.
BMKG assesses that this is a normal cycle and occurs every year, so the potential for hot temperatures like this can also be repeated in the same period every year.
However, they recommend minimizing time under sun exposure between 10.00 WIB – 16.00 WIB and recommend applying SPF 30+ sunscreen moisturizer every two hours to protect the skin.
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